近东和犹太研究（NEJS）的领域广泛而深入，涵盖了各种宗教，文化，政治，语言和文学，并要求具有地理和历史观点。研究近东的一切复杂性，是要洞悉影响西方世界的许多力量。从伊斯兰教的历史到以色列国，从古代的近东到现代中东，从基督教到犹太教犹太教，从意第绪语到阿拉伯语，NEJS专业提供了各种各样的棱镜，可以用来研究近东和犹太人学习。我们也相信可以通过多种学科探索这些主题，包括文本和文学研究，历史，社会科学，知识史和哲学，宗教和艺术。除了向您介绍对近东和犹太人原始资料的批判研究之外，NEJS专业的广泛，跨学科范围为
The field of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies (NEJS) is broad and deep, encompassing a complex array of religions, cultures, politics, languages and literatures, and demanding both geographic and historical perspectives. To study the Near East in all its complexity is to gain insight into many of the forces that have shaped the Western world. <br><br>From the history of Islam to the state of Israel, from the ancient Near East to the modern Middle East, from Christianity to Rabbinic Judaism, from Yiddish to Arabic, the NEJS major offers a rich assortment of prisms through which to study Near Eastern and Judaic Studies. We also believe in exploring these topics through a variety of disciplines, including textual and literary studies, history, social sciences, intellectual history and philosophy, religion and the arts.<br><br>In addition to introducing you to the critical study of Near Eastern and Judaic source materials, the broad, cross-disciplinary scope of the NEJS major prepares you for a wide range of careers, including community organizing, secular and religious education, academia, political consulting, writing and entertainment, business, law and medicine. Many of our majors also pursue their study of NEJS in the finest doctoral programs.